Donnisa (she/her)
@donnisa.bsky.social
neuroscientist in training
studying social cognition via functional networks and fMRI
Neuro Ph.D Candidate @Northwestern
NSF GRFP Fellow
donnisaedmonds.com
studying social cognition via functional networks and fMRI
Neuro Ph.D Candidate @Northwestern
NSF GRFP Fellow
donnisaedmonds.com
A little late to share, but check the link below for an article I wrote about the important work being done through the seed bank at the Chicago Botanic Garden!
Scientists at Chicago Botanic Garden save local plant species, one seed at a time - Medill Reports Chicago
By Donnisa Edmonds Medill Reports Amid rising global concern about climate change, scientists at the Chicago Botanic Garden are tackling conservation and extinction in a unique way — by seed banking. ...
news.medill.northwestern.edu
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A little late to share, but check the link below for an article I wrote about the important work being done through the seed bank at the Chicago Botanic Garden!
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📣 New preprint from the Braga Lab! 📣
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
📣 New preprint from the Braga Lab! 📣
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
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PSA: If you haven’t yet, it may be a good idea to get your COVID shot this week.
Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition.
The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.
Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition.
The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.
RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids
A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.
arstechnica.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
PSA: If you haven’t yet, it may be a good idea to get your COVID shot this week.
Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition.
The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.
Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition.
The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.
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🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
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Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
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Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
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Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
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August 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
***
Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
***
Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
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We have a new preprint out where we studied which brain networks are engaged during mental imagery and self-generated thought.
We used a precision fMRI approach along with multidimensional experience sampling (mDES) to get trialwise self-reports from each participant about what they imagined.
We have a new preprint out where we studied which brain networks are engaged during mental imagery and self-generated thought.
We used a precision fMRI approach along with multidimensional experience sampling (mDES) to get trialwise self-reports from each participant about what they imagined.
February 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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We have a new preprint out where we studied which brain networks are engaged during mental imagery and self-generated thought.
We used a precision fMRI approach along with multidimensional experience sampling (mDES) to get trialwise self-reports from each participant about what they imagined.
We have a new preprint out where we studied which brain networks are engaged during mental imagery and self-generated thought.
We used a precision fMRI approach along with multidimensional experience sampling (mDES) to get trialwise self-reports from each participant about what they imagined.
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Excited to share that our symposium "Mapping of amygdala circuits in humans" was accepted for OHBM 2025 in Brisbane!
🇦🇺🦘
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social
Featuring:
@coryshain.bsky.social @donnisa.bsky.social @peterkaskan.bsky.social Austin Brotman & Christina Zelano
🇦🇺🦘
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social
Featuring:
@coryshain.bsky.social @donnisa.bsky.social @peterkaskan.bsky.social Austin Brotman & Christina Zelano
February 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Excited to share that our symposium "Mapping of amygdala circuits in humans" was accepted for OHBM 2025 in Brisbane!
🇦🇺🦘
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social
Featuring:
@coryshain.bsky.social @donnisa.bsky.social @peterkaskan.bsky.social Austin Brotman & Christina Zelano
🇦🇺🦘
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social
Featuring:
@coryshain.bsky.social @donnisa.bsky.social @peterkaskan.bsky.social Austin Brotman & Christina Zelano
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As if there wasn’t enough to worry about…
It turns out the Salience (SAL) and Parietal Memory Networks (PMN) are the same thing!
😩😩😩
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It turns out the Salience (SAL) and Parietal Memory Networks (PMN) are the same thing!
😩😩😩
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February 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As if there wasn’t enough to worry about…
It turns out the Salience (SAL) and Parietal Memory Networks (PMN) are the same thing!
😩😩😩
🧵
It turns out the Salience (SAL) and Parietal Memory Networks (PMN) are the same thing!
😩😩😩
🧵
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It was great to chat with @taymccork.bsky.social and Nishell Savory about their experiences. #proudPI. Any mentors/mentees want to participate- please contact me.
Listen now to the second episode of "Think Alike?", @sfn.org's new mentoring podcast on @neuronline.sfn.org!
Mentor Ramesh Raghupathi discusses the dynamics of mentorship styles and creating a supportive environment in the lab with mentees Taylor McCorkle and Nishell Savory.
🎧: bit.ly/3PSnuGR
Mentor Ramesh Raghupathi discusses the dynamics of mentorship styles and creating a supportive environment in the lab with mentees Taylor McCorkle and Nishell Savory.
🎧: bit.ly/3PSnuGR
January 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It was great to chat with @taymccork.bsky.social and Nishell Savory about their experiences. #proudPI. Any mentors/mentees want to participate- please contact me.
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Cutting off grants to academia, pausing clinical trials, etc., is key to this administration’s plan to kill higher education. Targeting intellectuals is textbook fascism.
January 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Cutting off grants to academia, pausing clinical trials, etc., is key to this administration’s plan to kill higher education. Targeting intellectuals is textbook fascism.
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James was a PhD student in neuroscience at FSU, and his recent death was devastating for those who knew and loved him. He was extremely bright, motivated, and a strong advocate for marginalized people in STEM. This fundraiser is for his mom, who must be in so much pain right now. #neuroskyence
Donate to Celebrating the Life of James S. Brown, organized by Trevon Hill
Celebrating the Life of James S. Brown (November 23, 1993 - January 3, 2025)
It… Trevon Hill needs your support for Celebrating the Life of James S. Brown
gofund.me
January 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
James was a PhD student in neuroscience at FSU, and his recent death was devastating for those who knew and loved him. He was extremely bright, motivated, and a strong advocate for marginalized people in STEM. This fundraiser is for his mom, who must be in so much pain right now. #neuroskyence
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“Masking keeps friends and loved ones safe and is an important part of community care!” Dephanie Stiaz @kickballcomics.bsky.social posed for @msjulieslam.bsky.social to support #MaskTogetherAmerica at a mask-required event hosted by The Artistic Alphabet Mafia + Parallel Play Chicago
#CovidIsNotOver
#CovidIsNotOver
December 25, 2024 at 2:05 AM
“Masking keeps friends and loved ones safe and is an important part of community care!” Dephanie Stiaz @kickballcomics.bsky.social posed for @msjulieslam.bsky.social to support #MaskTogetherAmerica at a mask-required event hosted by The Artistic Alphabet Mafia + Parallel Play Chicago
#CovidIsNotOver
#CovidIsNotOver
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“I mask because it helps everyone!” Behind the white KF94 is Donnisa Edmonds @donnisa.bsky.social shining under the holiday lights. 🌟🍒✨Donnisa posed for @msjulieslam.bsky.social at a mask-required event in #Chicago.
#MaskTogetherAmerica because Masking = Love + Community Care. 🤍😷
#MaskTogetherAmerica because Masking = Love + Community Care. 🤍😷
December 23, 2024 at 5:42 PM
“I mask because it helps everyone!” Behind the white KF94 is Donnisa Edmonds @donnisa.bsky.social shining under the holiday lights. 🌟🍒✨Donnisa posed for @msjulieslam.bsky.social at a mask-required event in #Chicago.
#MaskTogetherAmerica because Masking = Love + Community Care. 🤍😷
#MaskTogetherAmerica because Masking = Love + Community Care. 🤍😷
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As I board my flight home for the holidays, I wanted to share that a review I wrote with @talialerner.bsky.social just came out! It’s titled “How dopamine enables learning from aversion.” Super grateful for the opportunity - hope you can check it out! 😊😊🎄🎄
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How dopamine enables learning from aversion
Dopamine is heavily studied for its role in reward learning, but it is becoming increasingly appreciated that dopamine can also enable learning from a…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
As I board my flight home for the holidays, I wanted to share that a review I wrote with @talialerner.bsky.social just came out! It’s titled “How dopamine enables learning from aversion.” Super grateful for the opportunity - hope you can check it out! 😊😊🎄🎄
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
⬇️ Check thread & preprint below for new work from my labmates Joseph Salvo and Nathan Anderson on the multimodal functions of the language network!
🔈 New preprint! 🔈
Intrinsic functional connectivity delineates transmodal language functions
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Intrinsic functional connectivity delineates transmodal language functions
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Intrinsic functional connectivity delineates transmodal language functions
Communication involves the translation of sensory information (e.g., heard words) into abstract concepts according to abstract rules (e.g., the meaning of those words). Accordingly, using language inv...
biorxiv.org
December 22, 2024 at 8:33 PM
⬇️ Check thread & preprint below for new work from my labmates Joseph Salvo and Nathan Anderson on the multimodal functions of the language network!
i fear the only thing that this app is missing from twitter is the bookmarks feature 😔 i keep seeing posts that i wanted to save and clicked on the "..." to bookmark them only to be surprised that its not an option 😭
December 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM
i fear the only thing that this app is missing from twitter is the bookmarks feature 😔 i keep seeing posts that i wanted to save and clicked on the "..." to bookmark them only to be surprised that its not an option 😭
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
shout out to the rap girls (+ charli) for carrying me thru lab this year🙂↕️🫡 🩷
December 4, 2024 at 3:16 PM
shout out to the rap girls (+ charli) for carrying me thru lab this year🙂↕️🫡 🩷
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10 INCREDIBLE ways to BOOST your immune system:
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
December 1, 2024 at 9:19 PM
10 INCREDIBLE ways to BOOST your immune system:
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
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This work was led by brilliant grad student and NSF GRFP recipient Donnisa Edmonds @donnisa.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 9:27 PM
This work was led by brilliant grad student and NSF GRFP recipient Donnisa Edmonds @donnisa.bsky.social
Hi bluesky folks! As a quick intro, I'm Donnisa (she/her) and I'm a 4th year Ph.D Candidate @ Northwestern! I'm currently studying the organization of functional networks involved in social cognition and I'm also interested in science communication & accessibility ✨ 🧠👩🎓
November 21, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Hi bluesky folks! As a quick intro, I'm Donnisa (she/her) and I'm a 4th year Ph.D Candidate @ Northwestern! I'm currently studying the organization of functional networks involved in social cognition and I'm also interested in science communication & accessibility ✨ 🧠👩🎓
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We’re thrilled to introduce the FUTURE PERFECT 50 class of 2024. 💥
This year's list arrives at a pivotal moment — and it's clear that we need clear-eyed optimists in these times.
This year's list arrives at a pivotal moment — and it's clear that we need clear-eyed optimists in these times.
November 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM
We’re thrilled to introduce the FUTURE PERFECT 50 class of 2024. 💥
This year's list arrives at a pivotal moment — and it's clear that we need clear-eyed optimists in these times.
This year's list arrives at a pivotal moment — and it's clear that we need clear-eyed optimists in these times.
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Since it’s becoming clear that #misinformation is destroying our society, let me share the process I use to communicate really exciting and complicated ideas about my #neuroscience research in an accessible way:
November 15, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Since it’s becoming clear that #misinformation is destroying our society, let me share the process I use to communicate really exciting and complicated ideas about my #neuroscience research in an accessible way:
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We have added over a dozen accounts since we first made this started pack! Please let us know if we missed you 🧠
Black In Neuro starter pack: go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
#Blackademics #BlackInSTEM #Neuroscience 🧪
Black In Neuro starter pack: go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
#Blackademics #BlackInSTEM #Neuroscience 🧪
#BlackInNeuro Starter Pack v1! Let us know if we missed you. #BlackInSTEM #Neuroscience 🧪
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
November 18, 2024 at 2:37 PM
We have added over a dozen accounts since we first made this started pack! Please let us know if we missed you 🧠
Black In Neuro starter pack: go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
#Blackademics #BlackInSTEM #Neuroscience 🧪
Black In Neuro starter pack: go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
#Blackademics #BlackInSTEM #Neuroscience 🧪
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Putting a starter pack together for Black In Neuro! Let us know if you would like to be included 🤗 #Neuroscience 🧪
go.bsky.app/LJj3CUD let's grow this one
November 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Putting a starter pack together for Black In Neuro! Let us know if you would like to be included 🤗 #Neuroscience 🧪
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We found that almost 40%(!!) of females between 12 and 21 years of age are iron deficient!
And yet there’s no recommended universal screening.
Wonder how different things would be if it predominantly affected males?!
tinyurl.com/JAMAFe
And yet there’s no recommended universal screening.
Wonder how different things would be if it predominantly affected males?!
tinyurl.com/JAMAFe
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020
This study examines prevalence of iron deficiency among females aged 12 to 21 years to inform future screening strategies for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia.
tinyurl.com
November 10, 2024 at 12:49 AM
We found that almost 40%(!!) of females between 12 and 21 years of age are iron deficient!
And yet there’s no recommended universal screening.
Wonder how different things would be if it predominantly affected males?!
tinyurl.com/JAMAFe
And yet there’s no recommended universal screening.
Wonder how different things would be if it predominantly affected males?!
tinyurl.com/JAMAFe